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font size problem

I am using C.S.S. absolute positioning to layout a webpage.Unfortunately when I change the text size in the browser to anything but normal, the site goes out of shape.Even though the font size doesn't change, the areas surrounding it seem affected.
How can I stop this happening?

Originally posted by creole No...they don't. They are font characters and as such are able to be resized.

yer, provided you use relative font sizing. by the fact that he has said the font sizing does not change I've assumed he has set the font size in pixels and is using IE... therefore they both shouldnt change.

Only if those characters fall INSIDE specified, defined container elements. For example, many people use a single non-breaking space to hold open a table cell (TD). It's unlikely that they would "style" that container as it doesn't contain any text. It still however, contains font characters which can be resized.